The Design Diaries

<p>Guest speaker and Business & IP Lawyer Ivy McNeill joins us to discuss legal strategies for assessing legal risk and avoiding legal issues. We discuss questions to ask your clients to minimize your chances of trouble...

<p>What types of projects should I put in my portfolio? How many? What do I put on my about page? What do I put in the case studies? I'll answer all of these questions and more to help you build the best graphic design...

<p>Figuring out if a client will be hard to work wit, if a contractor will be reliable, and if a coach will be worth it is hard! Here are 3 red flags that I look out for in each to maximize my chances of a good...

<p>Let's talk about finding a design style! In this episode, I break down the difference between a design style and a design aesthetic and then share my journey with finding my own. I'll tell you all about my strategies...

<p>Let's talk about how lonely it is to be a self-employed creative...and then let me give some tips for finding community when you work by yourself! It's so important to take the time to connect with people in our...

<p>"What am I missing???"<br> I know it's stressful leaving for the holidays not knowing if you've done *everything* you were supposed to, so here's a checklist of things I recommend doing at the end of the year to help...

<p>I spent HOW MUCH?? I spent almost 40k this year, and in this episode, I break down all the categories for my expenses and tell you exactly how much I spent and on what!</p>

<p>It's a little early, but I'm sharing some of the goals that I have for the new year!</p>

<p>In this episode, I'm giving you my top 5 tips for optimizing your content for TikTok because YES it's completely different from Instagram.</p>

<p>In this episode, I'm sharing my best 3 tips for avoiding burnout to plan your year more intuitively and give yourself a break.</p>

<p>I'm covering my tips for figuring out how to budget yourself as a self-employed freelancer or creative! I discuss tracking expenses and income and figuring out how to pay yourself!</p>

<p>In this episode, I cover how to decide if a course is going to be worth your time and money and how to go about deciding if one is right for you!</p>

<p>In this episode, I asked you, my listeners, to submit some struggles that you need help with for this new advice column-style episode "Dear Diary." I'm giving advice to 3 different submitted situations: saying no to...

<p>I'm listing the top 5 sections that I always look for in a contract that I highly recommend you have in yours!</p>

<p>I'm talking through 4 major legal mistakes I've made in my business and giving you the tips and honesty to help you avoid making the same ones!</p>